Zissis Kotionis, A.D.A.P.T. (Apparatus for Defence Against Police Terror), 2013. Wood, polypropylene, sound installation, 300 x 200 x 360 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
This
exhibition brings together work by 30 leading contemporary Greek
artists whose work addresses the impact of the economic crisis on
their country. Their work transcends the everyday coverage of
political and economic developments and offers an insightful look at
what is going on in Greece today. The focus, however, is not only
restricted to the negative effects: the exhibition also looks at the
opportunities the crisis offers for a reinvention of the country.
On
the last Thursday of every month (27 March, 24 April, 29 May, and 26
June), between 6 pm and 9 pm, visitors to the exhibition can benefit
from the presence of a trilingual (French, Dutch, and English) guide,
who will invite you to enter into a dialogue with a view to helping
you understand the works better.
Participating
artists:
Loukia Alavanou / Manolis Anastasakos & Alexandros Vasmoulakis /
Bill Balaskas / Depression Era / Eirene Efstathiou / Stelios Faitakis
/ Marina Gioti / Alexandros Georgiou / Philippe Grammaticopoulos /
Guerrilla Optimists / Michalis G. Kallimopoulos / Dionisis
Kavallieratos / Panos Kokkinias / Alkis Konstantinidis / Zissis
Kotionis / Marinos Koutsomichalis, Afroditi Psarra & Maria Varela
/ Nicolas Kozakis & Raoul Vaneigem / Nikos Navridis / Angelos
Papadimitriou / Maria Papadimitriou / Antonis Pittas / Poka-Yio /
Stefania Strouza / Lina Theodorou / Panos Tsagaris / Kostas Tsolis /
Dimitris Tsoumplekas / Chrisa Valsamaki / Kostis Velonis / Eirini
Vourloumis / Zafos Xagoraris / Yorgos Zois
Curator:
Katerina Gregos
BOZAR
and the Atelier Bouwmeester are also welcoming a satellite project by
Depression
Era,
a collective of photographers, artists, researchers, writers,
architects, journalists and curators formed in 2012, recording the
Greek crisis through images and texts. The Depression
Era
project exhibition takes place at the Atelier Bouwmeester, just
across the street from BOZAR in 54-59 Galerie Ravenstein, and will be
the first international presentation of the collective outside
Greece.
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